Improvement in jump-seats for carriages



1. n. PATTEN. lump- Seats for carriages'.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. PATTEN, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN JUMP-SEATS FOR CARRIAGES.

'Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 158,864, dated January19, 1875; application filed December 31, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.-`

Be it known that I, JOHN R. PATTEN, of Amesbury, of the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and y useful Improvementin Jump-Seats for Wheel- Carriages; and do hereby declare the same to befully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a side view, Fig. 2 avertical section, and Fig.3 arearelevation, of a jumpseat77 providedwith my invention; the object of which is to enable the back legs of theseat to be folded or turned up against the seat, to facilitate theentrance of a person into or his departure from the carriage; also, tohold the said legs out -jn their proper Vpositions when they may besupporting the seat.

In the drawings, A denotes the seat, and B B its front legs; the latterbeing projected downward from the seat, and pivoted, at or near theirlower ends, to the carriage-body C, in the usual manner, so that theseat may be moved from the position shown in the full lines in Fig. linto that denoted by the dotted lines in said figure.

In carrying out my invention, I hinge each of the back legs, D D', tothe seat with either a miter77 or rule joint, and combine, with the seatand each of said legsa toggled brace or pair of toggles, E E', pivotedtogether with a rulejoint, as shown at a.. y One of such toggles ispivoted to the seat, and the other to the leg. Furthermore,the two lowertoggles, E E, of the two sets are connected by a bar, F, extendingbetween and fastened firmly to them, all being as and arranged as shown.When the two toggles of each pair are in a straightlinewith each otherthey act as a brace to hold their leg ont or prevent it from beingturned, especially when it may be rest ing on the top of the body sidepiece c, to which its fellow front leg may be pivoted. By taking hold ofeither lower toggle and forcing it upward the other will besimultaneously moved in like manner, and both sets be thrown intoangular positions, so as to enable the back legs to be folded in orturned up against the seat. This admits of the seat being turned downand back, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. v2, in order that the rearseat of the cara riage may be drawn'forward over it should it bedesirable to so move the back seat. In case of the seat A being movedforward toward the dasher, and the back legs being l turned down orfolded up against such seat, in manner as shown by the' dotted lines inFig. l, it will be seen that the legs will then be no impediment to aperson getting in or out of the carriage, as they wouldif they rigidlyprojected from the seat or stood at or about at right angles therewith.The great advantage of my improvement will thus be perceptible. Y

I claim- 1. The combination of the front legs pivoted Y to thecarriage-body, the two sets of toggles E E', the seat, and the rearlegs, D D', pivoted to the said seat, as set forth.

2. The combination of the two sets of toggle E E', bar F, seat A, andthe rear legs, D

D', pivoted tothe seat, substantially as set forth.

JOHN R. PATTEN.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J R. SNOW.

